Professional corporate finance – Amal Torbey Chahine

Professional project: Immersion in the company’s world.

The student must do an internship in a company for a minimum of 6 weeks.
During the internship period, the student must get involved in the host organization, give the best of himself and comply with the rules established by the company remembering that he represents his institution.
Throughout his internship report, the student must identify, with the agreement of the university supervisor and the professional supervisor, a real problem, taken from the field, if possible with added value for the company, and try to find solutions.
At the end of this internship, the student must develop a Professional Business Project which will be presented to a jury.
It is a question asking the student to talk about his professional experience but also helping and guiding him for his professional life or his master’s choice.

Projet professionnel – Ghiwa El Kaissi | Projet professionnel – Nabil Habib

Case Studies: Immersion in the Entrepreneurship’s world.

The case studies in Entrepreneurship are part of the “TFI” course in Finance.
The objective of this course is focused on the fundamental concepts of corporate and market finance in order to give the student an understanding of technical and practical situations in Finance.
Initially, the logic followed by the financiers is instilled in the student, in particular the management of the portfolio and in the creation of the startup, its viability in its ecosystem, its profitability, its edge, its exportability etc…
The students are asked to divide themselves into groups working on an idea of a viable and profitable startup in our Lebanese environment that could be exportable to other markets at a later stage than the Seed level.
A written report is mandatory followed by an oral presentation of the project.

Professional market finance : Blominvest virtual stock exchange (VSE) competition – Amal Torbey Chahine

Blominvest VSE Competition: Immersion in the portfolio’s world.

The Blominvest launches every year a Virtual Stock Exchange Competition with the cooperation of the FSE and within the course of TFI1 and Mrs Amal Torbey Chahine as a mentor.
In brief, the business society students or faculty members, handle the on campus administration of the event by promoting it to all students who wish to participate.

An online launch date for the event takes place where relevant Blominvest staff, in coordination with the faculty, explain to attendees the rules and regulations of the competition. Followed by 2 additional sessions for trading tips and a highlight on the role of the CMA (Capital markets authority). Thereafter, registered students compete for the first round over a period of two months (i.e. 8 weeks).The best performers are identified by a designated mentor/ professor who will follow on the matter throughout the course of the competition and further filter the best five performers. The latter go on to present their findings to a joint Blominvest-USJ jury that picks up the best three on the basis of overall return, adopted strategy and presentation skills and not necessarily in this order. For example, a top performer might lose out for a contestant with lesser yield but a more convincing strategy. In general, there are four equally weighted criteria relating to the selection process: yield, strategy, and presentation content and delivery skills.

In the second round, the three winners from each participating university will again compete nationally for another two months (i.e. 8 weeks), ultimately selecting the top five performers based on the same four equally weighted criteria to make a final presentation to the joint Blominvest-USJ jury on the basis of which the prizes below will be distributed.

In order for the competition to be successful, an active student body (VCL) is essential alongside the designated mentor who will not only oversee the smooth functioning of the competition but also act as a mentor to the students and an intermediary between the students and Blominvest and the professor.